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The conjectures which I have oi-iniuiini- o, that opinion J cs |,^j |„ y,,nin uiy last, concerning the dn- iruicd (hear.) j ( -, UW( nilin now through. and 7li«jrucet'.il conspiracy ag-inv-l b«r j!aje«lv : he tiiou^iit to early in (tic l anuss, and now, ut ils cio« was most strongly conlir p Ge |,|]g the danger lo which the country j which tli was exposed from furtlier perseverance prudeiii ’ of any kind in such n bill as that in ques tion : feeling that nil classes of society, in a manner, (he would not indeed sav nil classes, but a vast majority of the peo ple) were of the same opinion : teeny tiiis was another instance (and the strong est instance within his memory) in which one clasp was to sit as judges upon a Case, while the others were arrayed against them : looking to the infinite mischief* likely to arise from the army and navy taking a part upon the occasion—lor it w.is universally known, mid it was irt vain to deny, that there was, among all ranks of men, upon this subject, n feeling mi strong as had never been r p mark n il be fore : knowing, as they did, that I lie army and navy participated in that feeling a* to the treatment which the Queen hid received aware that such was the opinion of the fleet and of the army—-and, while the army w.is of the presnet size, it was their master, (loud cries of “ hear hear,") he repeated that while the nnnv was oflhe size it now was, it was their master : and finally, slicing llint upon this particular question, llicso mid other classes of the people hold opinions di rectly in the teeth of power, and in the face of his majesty's government ; under nil these considerations, he could not help looking at this transaction as one of the most dangerous mid most inauspici ous ever embarked in by any govern ment. The sooner it was y&swctcd the better for the country. I'l&f Ho could consider it in n<^ithj»r» light. It Was described to he. a proreeaLjJBpciiiling lTfcftt i cwururfewre -•!' itwvaaiu the measures Austrian cabinet hod judged it pi w ith respect lo the new in stitutions of ."'tapirs, on pared nn additional weight from Ihe long silence of the court of Si. Petersburg!). In fact, no official docu ment had been received since the. earliest commencement of the Neapolitan revoluti on. The triumph of the liberals, tin* sinis- ter hopes w hich they expressed from the 'prospect of Royalty enfeebling itself by its ' e n hands, have been all confoundedby the arrival of a Russian courier, in the night of Saturday the tilth, who brought lo the Am bassador til Paris the long-expected dispnl- elies front his government. Though the rnntents of them are not circumstnnti.iHy known, yet, from the genera! snlisfiolion of the whole diplomatic corps at Paris, their purport has transpired. If is excellency'M. I*07,7.n di llorgo said, in the presence of more than one person—‘ These pieces are decisive; we are all united.’ Thus the calculations that were founded nn the disunion of the Se vere' ± i of Europe, arc at once overturned. . [Courier.] Lisbon, Sept. 1.1. Tit* government lias opened a subscrip tion, by way of loan, to meet the exigencies of the moment. before a court of justice ; and as Tie should freely comment upon auv procoudrngs'in the court of king’s Hi ndi or the GiUrt of Com man Pleas, lie should therefore feel himself competent to canvass those of the court in question, lie must say, that, with *11 defe rence to the opinion of his hon. friend, the •xperienee of his (Mr. Rennet's) own time, as well ss that of the past, went to shew that the character of proceedings before that tribunal was had. It hail been remarked, that, during the progress of this, frequent al lusion has been made to the case ofa cele brated English | relate—Bishop Atterbory. He was very sure, that whoever would take the trouble of looking at bishop Atterhnry’s case, would see that that was a complete jsarty measure. lie believed that this was the first time, and this the first instance, in which there had ever been heard cheers in a court of justice: certainly no one ever attrn- d«d at a t rial in the Court of King's Bench and heard the judges cheer (hear, hear.) lie might add, that tiiis was the first time in a court of justice in which counsel had been browbeaten and frequently interrupted by the judges, and attempted to be put (town (a laugh, and cries of henr.) It was true that the spirit of the counsel resisted and surviv ed it, but it was not the less true that the at tempt to browhejit arid put down was made. Tllia was also a singular instance of judges nutting questions which were rejected as il legal. It might be said, indeed,that this lat- ' ter circumstance was owing to the parties • nut being altogether accustomed to judicial forms and accuracy: it might ho so, hut he was sure that this was not a tribunal before which it was quite as safe to appear as be fore the 12 judges. Me had now, in a few words, shown ivhat had bepn tile effect of this proceeding before .upwards of 200 judg es; let the house now reflect what would lie th* effect of a similar proceeding before mure than GOO. • m * 'iflflll* The attorney ^enrra! complained that the statements of honorable members on the ci ther side, of what had, and not only of what had, but of ivliat had not passed in the other house, had had the effect of inianiing the minds of the people (hear, from the treasury benches.) Me should not follow them in that irregular course : but other things had been said, upon which it was necessary for him to offer a few words. It Imd been said that the course pursued by hirnse.lf as attor ney general had been disgraceful to him.— • Whatever bon. gentlemen might please to **av he should content himself with replying, that it would have been disgraceful to him if he had shrunk from that tine of conduct he had pursued. It would he seen hereafter 'whether the proceedings which lud been ta ken against the Queen were or were not jus tified : but he could assure the house, that in the present stage he should consider himself infinitely more disgraced by any approbati on of the honorable gentlemans, (we pre sume Mr. Benoe.t.) (Crio* of hear, hear, hear, from tlie-treasury benches.) New-Youk, Oct. 24. The regular trading ship Aun-ltaria, Cap tain Waite, which arrived yesterday morn ing, sailed from Liverpool 2i:th Sept, and , brought papers of that dale, and London pa pers to the evening of the 2Cth, being two days later than those by the Mars. W, have received our regular files from the 1 tub up to the above date. Lloyd’s Lists from the 8th tft the 1 Hth, are yet wanting. Accounts from Portugal are to the Mil) of last month. On the 1 ith, the Provision al Junta of the ooitli, was to lie removed to Coimbra. The Comic d’Amu: ante and all the troops in Traslos-Moutes, bail declared for the Oporto party. The last letters re ceived at Oporto from Lisbon, were of the 7th inst. by which it appeared the Lisbon party had a strong objection to th* govern ment-remaining in the hands of the people of Oporto. No fears were entertained for the British property or persons being molested, unless the Bri'iihinterfered. Alt the troops at Coimbra, Leira, and the ndincant towns, had joined the Oporto party'and all were marching on Lisbon. A private letter from Lisbon, of the 1-ith, states, that “the Lisbon Government hove ordered the Cortes to as semble in the ancient manner on the lfith November, but they have not promised to grant the nation a constitution. The Opor to provisional government, of course, are not satisfied with this, and apparently require the abolition of their government.” On the loth, the Spanish Cortes recogni zed thedebt contracted by Spui i with Hol land. The report of the financial commissi on on this subject is full of those ideas that characterize the Spanish natian. It was raid lit Genoa, that the consuls of England arid Sardinia had left Algiers. A letter from Glasgow, of (he 2Mb, says, “ the Queen has many and powerful friends in Scotland. An address to her Majesty-is :n; • -cgnin- here, and is patronjyed & VlittV LATE ntOM ENGLAND. . New-Yoiik, Oct. .NO. The elegant and fast tailing brig White Oak, Capt. Fowler, arrived at this port early yesterday morning, in the reniaiku- bly short passage of 21 days, from Liver pool, By her we have received a re gular file, of London papers to the eve ning ofthe 2d inst. and Liverpool papers of the Ith. Mr. Brougham was nrtivgly engaged in preparing for the Queen’s defence. The Queen had not intimated any de sire to attend in the (louse of Lords du ring the progress of her defence. "J/he Italian witnesses, in favor of the Queen, were constantly arriving, by do zens, half dozens, in pairs, and singly.— The examination was to •erAjence in the House of Lords on the 3d efOct. the day after the d^S of our last paper by the White Oak. Bergnmi arrived at Paris on the 27th ult. took post hordes, mid proceeded im mediately for Calais. Countess Oldi, Bergarui’s sister, at tended by a physician, had aim passed through Paris, on her way to Loudon. The London Courier contrndicts a re port that several sail of the line, and 40 frigates, with other ships, toenrry troops, are fitting out for an expedition. It appears, by the language of the Em peror Alexander, in his speech at the o- pening of tho Polish diet, on the 13th of Sapt. that the recent changes in Spain, Naples, nnd Portugal, are meditated at St. Petersburg!), filth no friendly eye.— The progress of the revolution is ascri bed to the “ spirit of evil" in one part of Europe, nnd the heaping of crimes and convulsions on each other. It appeart certain, says a Paris paper of the 23d, that the Bankers of this ritv have united w ith those of Holland, to negociate a loan for the Spanish govern ment.—It is said that the contract i« con cluded, &. that one of the principal sign ing houses is the firm of Ardion, Hub- The first audience of the French Peers for the trial of the conspirators, was to take place the 10th of October. The Austrian troops in Upper Italy have been ordered into cantonments. The Spanish Cortes tias agreed to a project of nlaw relative to an entire am nesty nnd perpetual oblivion of all politi cal offences in the transmarine posses sion* of the monarchy. Vienna. Sept. 1G. The army which is in full march for Naples, and which consisted at first of only 21 regiments of infantry, 8 regi ments of cavalry, and a corps of artillery proportioned to these forces,, has been increased to 42 regiments of infantry, and 1C regiments of cavalry, with the necessary artillery. This army was to be assembled near Treviso on the lfith inst. The officers of the regiments which proceed to Italy, and of those which form the garrison of this capital, have received a gratuity equal t.o two months pay. It is said that General Count de Frimnnt will have the command in chief of the troops collected in Lombardy. Prince Philip of Hes=c Hombure, and. Count Walmodea, who are to command under him, are about to set out for tho army.— The Prince of Montfort (Jerome Bona parte) has received permission to reside at Trieste, conformably to the wishes of his wife. The Prince de Cimetele, who was des patched to Petersburgh and London, liv the present government of Naples, has returned to Naples, after remaining here a fortnight. It was signified to him that the great Powers of Europe had agreed not to recognize the present state of things in the kingdom of the two Siri- liex—a state brought abbot by a miiitarv force ; and that they could . not receive an envov from a power established by this military force. The last news from Constantinople is very unfavorable for Ali Pacha. The troops of the Grand Seiguor close in up on him more and more, nnd he will have great difficulty in escaping. Tiicala and Herat are in the hands of the Ottoman Porte. ' According to news from Trieste, an assault.made on Herat had failed. A letter from Naples of Sept. 12th. states that accounts had been received from Sicily of a sanguinary battle be tween the Royalists unit Palermitans, in which the latter were defeated with the loss of the greater putt of their force ; and that col. Costa had entered Palermo on the 9th at the head of his army. The battle is said to have taken place about 1G miles from Palermo, and the news; to have been received by telegraph. Anton: its from Rio Jeneir-, to A'tg.. 1st, lead to the belief that the B-azils are 1 by no menus in a settled -tale, end th.t, it is not improbable the revolution in Por tugal n ill extend itself across tiro Atlan tic.— 1 *The Icltcrs from Bahia Ac. are written under tin apprehension ot the occurrence of some important event, unit ft is even suspected that the projected revolution in portugal was known in the BrrziU os early tis .bine. last. Paris, Sept. 20th, fi p. m.—We stop the press. The c.iuuion'resounds. The Duchess ofBerri is happily delivered ol a Prince. STILL LATER. The well known, fine fast suitin': sl.ip Importer, Cupt. Lee, arrived yesterday afternoon in 21 days from Liverpool, which she left on the 6th instant, by which vessel the editors of the Mercan tile Advertiser have received London papers to the evening of the 4lli inst. and Liverpool of the Glh. The Importer has performed her voy age in 21 days, anil was 17 days from Liverpool to the S Shoals of Nantucket. Liverpool letters of the Gth sav, there is no improvement in the price of Cotton. The llonso of Lord* assembled on the 3d. Apologies were made for the non- aiteml.incc of several peers. Amonc tliu«e absent, were lord Sheffield, the ti-Loj* of Bangor, the earl of Chichester, and duke of Newcastle ; lord* Gambler’, Harwood, and Hillsboro, diJ not answer on the * all. The discussions commenced with some explanations on the affair of the Mariet- tis, at Milan. Respecting this business, says the Times, the facts before the ": are, that Browne actually obliged the father to explain away the threat that had been denounced against the son by Browne. This the father did. But we now lay *I*ofore the nation, a subse quent letter written by the father, and explaining the new terror or threat un der which he was obliged to disavow the application of the old one ! ! Browne, wo suppose, must now be given up. Counsel were then called in,'nnd Mr. Brougham commenced an address about half past 10, A. continued till 1, when be was indulged three quarters of an hour ; he then resinned and continued bis speech lill 4, when the house adjourn ed. He finished on the following day in the afternoon. His remarks occupy IB of the close columns ofthe Times. “ The history ofthe Queen’s long per secution nnd the several epochs of it, were affecliugly detailed by Mr. Brough am. Every loss sustained by the Queen was the signal for a fresh attack on the part of her adversaries. No sooner was Mr 1’itt her friend deceased, than the first, the Douglas conspiracy, was got up against her majesty. • The zealous and pertinacious Percival, sprung forth in her defence, and dispersed that foul plot, lie fell under tho hands ofa ferocious assassin, and his murder was the signal for anew insult upon lfis Royal .Vi-tress —then was the order of Council got to restrain the intercourse between her Majesty and her most affectionate and on ly child—her daughter. 'That child ex pired by the severest visitation of Pro vidence which had ever been inflicted on this island ; and tlie people had not wiped their eyes after following her to hergrave, or reading the affecting nar rative of her obsequies, when the detes table Milan commission was appointed ; and to close ibis sad history, the very day on which the old King was consigned lo the same vault with his grandchild and her infant offspring—that very,day was that on which the ever memorable. .Vuh mi Riconio man nrrived and paid Lis'first v i-it to “ a large house w ith columns be fore it and sentinel- placed at the gates." Mr. Brougham in n very solcmu man ner, closed a- follows : My Lords 1 implore and intreat of you to pause before you pronounce your best judgment on the evidence that has been produced. If vou do not, it will be tlie only judgment that will fail ofpro- ducing the intended effect and return upon yourselves. Rescue yoiircountrv ironi the impending danger. Rescue the throne from the jeopardy in which it at present placed. Rescue the church from the rum that threatens it. Rescue the aristocracy of England from the exe crations of that people, separated from whom you can no more escape than the blossom torn from tlie stem. The King and the Church have been pleased to exclude the Queen from the pray res of the nation ; but tht-pray res of her people have been doubled and redoubled, and never shall 1 cease to implore of the Throne of Mercy to shower down the treasure of its inercy on that generous people, which the conduct of their rulers does not deserve. Mr. \\ iliiatas followed Mr. Brougl am, and addressed the House till the hour of adjournment on the 4:h, without Tiav- ing finished his comments on the evi dence against the Queen. I.osno.N. Oct. 4. Yesterday morning the Countess *ldi Colonel Oliverin, and ten or eleven o- ther per.ons, arrived at Dover, fiorn Boulogne, to give evidence in favor o! the Queen. It is said Count Bergami. brother of the baron, is among tlietj). At the meeting on the £Cth ;(t Preeinn- son’s Hall, Mr. Hiddiou-e vVtfs called to the chair. It was resolved—That min isters have wantonly and wickedly cn- trajiped their sovereign into a despotic persecution of the Queen, in whiohlhe laws and constitution vvero violated.iind that the said ministers deserve impeach ment, iic. Alderman M ood congrati lut ed the meeting on the evidence thatwas to he produced, which he sai l he. cctild assert, would come out like thunder n on all. The Loudon Globe of Oct. 2d. qu tes au official declaration on tlm 1 Gth f pt. to the Neapolitan Evince tic Ciuv. He. " ih d lb* |rts.i jajvvrrs cfKurcpr wet* fully r>; i ;ei not tn acknowledge, the rx- isling state if affaire in the kingdom ofthe i’wo iiiciliis, because that state bad been effected bj fore. arms, and that in cousequcme tho powers find resolved not to receive a plenipotentiary or .Min ister on tic* part of the supreme, authori ty lit Naples, which hud been cstublish- I bv force of arms.” G OVER NOR’S CO MM U N 1C ATION Ex rxTTivr. Department, Ga. i Alillcdgerille, 7t/i A'ov. 1820. $ FeUixo-Citizt.'is ofthe Seville ami House of llej vtsrntatives : When we view the oppression at this av among (he people of other nations and cal! to mind the circumstances under which you have been convened, we have abundant cause to offer our humble and grateful thunks lo the Supreme Ruler of tlie Universe for the many blessings we enjoy, um! devoutly to implore from him a continuation of his gracious indulgence and protidortlinl care over our country. The extravagant pretentions enter tained by many of tlie Ruling Powers of Europe, respecting their "Legitimacy” and " Divine Rights,” and the violence exercised in support of these delusions, should teach us to estirrdli' the true va lue of those great principles on which our government rests. They nre well known to yon all. The practical utility and beneficial effects of which are ci ino oil nnd abundantly conspicuous in the happiness and prosperity enjoyed, for n-curly half a century, by the people of ihe United States. Have we not then every indue ••neiil of inter°st and patriot ism lo preserve, protect and cherish them with unalterable attachment ?—Among the means io be employed to this end, none will be found so effectual as the im portant subject of education, which has been properly placed under the immedi ate care of the Legislature, 1 trust your wisdom and patriotism will aid in giving it a direction calculated to produce the mo«t desirable and beneficial results. In reviewing the events of the past year, none will be fmin I more deserving your nttention and liberality, than the de structive five, which happened in the city of Savannah in January last, nnd live sickness which ha«, with unusual mortality, prevail’d there since tlie month of August, In particular, the dis tresses ofthe poorer class of citizens, ns represented, rnnnot fail to excite the most generous feelings in their behalf.— Soon after the fire, an application was made to me by the city council of Savan nah in behalf of their suffering felloiv- citizens, requesting that the Legislature might be convened, to afford them relief. On reflection, it was deemed inexpedient to comply with that request ; hut as some small relief to their immediate wards and pressing necessities, I ad vanced out of the Contingent Fund, the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, to he distributed ptnong the sufferers, under the direction and control ofthe local au thorities ofthe city. A letter from the honorable Thoma* U. I*. Charlton, May or of the city of Savannah, a copy of which is herewith transmitted, will give von a more particular view ofthe distres. and affliction occasioned bv the sickness, while it affords a commendable example of an officer faithful in the discharge ofliis duty, regardless of personal considera tions. Pursuant to a resolution of the last Legislature. I appointed Generals John M’Intosh, David Adams an I David Meri- vrcthei, commissoners on the part of the slate to proceed under the directions of the President of the United Mates to de mand satisfaction for property taken bv the Creek and Cherokee Indians, from the citizens of Georgia ; and in compli ance with the same resolution, 1 applied to the President for nn authority that the said commissioners, with such others n< In* should think proper to appoint, might treat w ith said Tribes of Indians for Ter ritory. The subjects embraced in the* :(. solution having been laid before Con gress by the President, an appropriation Jo defray the expenses of negotiation, was made, and Commissioners have been appointed by the President to treat with the Creek Indians. And assurances have been given, that these Commissioners would “ lie instructed to give notice of " their appointment to the Commission- " ers of the Plate of Georgia, and to co- “ operate wiili them in promoting, to " the extent of their powers, the interest “ and views of the State." The corres pondence now communicated respec- ing the objects of tlie before mentioned resolution, nnd the remonstrance of the last Legislature, will exhibit a full, and 1 trusts satisfactory view of the course pursued bv the Executive. The sum of forty thousand dollars out ofthe Fund for tlie improvement of In ternal Navigation, has been advanced to tlie Bteam Boat Company, that being the portion of the capital stock for which tliey would have been authorized to call upon the State, if the whole of tlie capi tal had been called in. This advance was made under a special agreement en tered into between the Executive nnd the Company, the nature of which w ill be fully explained l»y copies of the saam and other documents in relation lo that transaction, herewith communicated,— It will be seen bydhe a^^jetiieal and do cuments rei'erred to, that Vi.o contpitpy, among other stipulations, have removed the restriction heretofore imposed lo the State’s «clti*ig her interest in the Stock, and that the Company have “ mortgaged 14 roqj estate sufficient to secure to the. " State the payment ofthe one hundred “ thousand dollars which has been paid “ by it, so that the State shall be secured “ from any final lei's of said sum or any 11 part thereof, when the concerns of tlie “ Company shall be closed by the expi- “ ration of tbeir charter, nnd nl*o to 11 secure the payment annually of inter- “ est thereon at the rate of eight per “ cent, per annum ; the State, in consi- “ deration of said guarantee, relinquixh- “ ing any claim to further dividend, and “ reserving authority to require and cn- “ force the paymant of said one hundred “ thousand dollars nnd interest, if tho “ Company fail to pay up said interest " when due, and within thirty days after " demand made.” In lieu of these terms and conditions ns expressed in the fifth article of the agreement, the Legislature at their present session have the right, if tliey prefer it, to substitute the follow ing, to wit; “ The Company to mortgage “ as before real estate to secure the forty " thousand dollars advanced with eight “ per cent, interest per annum, on the " one hundred thousand dollars, and the “ State to receive in common with other “ stockholders, the excess of tlie divi- " dend, if any, over the eight per cent. “ so guaranteed.” This agreement was made not only w ith a view to the removal of the restriction, but under the full be lief, that the interests ofthe State would he, by it, promoted in other respects, more especially ns the Company were making monthly calls on the State for instalments. The sum of one hundred thousand dollars ofthe Fund heretofore set apart for the islahli-iiment nnd support of Fre Schools ; and the sum of one hundred thousand dollars of the Fund for the im provement ofthe Internal Navigation of Ibis State, have been vested in Stock of the Bank of Darien, for Ihe use and benefit of tho«e Funds, agreeably to an Act of the last Legislature, providing for the payment of instalments as they became due on Stork held bv the Stale in t’,:e said Bank, i hese investments heve paid the second instalment of twen ty five per cent, and the t hirJ of fifteen per cent, on the, Stock owned by the Stale in that Bank. Owing to the pro- caiio's situation of cur Banks, I have deferred v esting the residue of these 1 unds and such interest ns may have nc- cured thereon, io Bank or other Slock. Although 1 am ofthe r x : nion that the Ranking System, now in o, oration in the State, is not calculated to advance the best interests of our fellow-citizens, yet as it would be difficult under existing circumstances to apply a corrective to this system, nnd as a large amount of the Funds of the State is vested in the Stock of our Banks, 1 consider their embarras sed situation a subject deserving the at tention of the Legislature. The State from (he fiir nnd lefitim^p use of her Bnfik Stock, •derives annually nit less than from seventy to eighty thousand dollars. It therefore becomes onr impe rious duty to protect lliis branch of reve nue, by enabling tlie Banks to bear up against the encroachments and severe reqiiisifj >ns made on them by the United Stales Bank. Though a measure for this purpose, may have a tendency to lessen the value of our bills abroad, vet by it, n valuable source of revrnuc, and a circulating medium sufficient to supply the real wants of our citizens would be secured. I t,.kc the liberty ofsuggesting tho re moval cf the Darien Bank to the seat of government. • D bother the pecuniary embarrass ments of our fallow citizens requite it reduction ofthe burthens of taxation, A w hetlier tlie other resources for the sup port of government would authorize such a measure, art questions respectfully re commended lor your consideration. In complinm-e with a resolution ofthe hist Legislature, a line has been run, commencing at Ibe point “f the Unnca road, where the line run under the su perintendence of tlie honorable Wilson Lumpkin terminates, thence on the top of Blue Ridge, meandering the same un til it intersected the one run by Colonel James Blair ; and a map of the line so mu, has been deposited in the office of the Surveyor General. By a resolution oftKfc last Legislature, I was authorized to appoint two cum- mil-sinners to explore the Oqnafenoco Swamp. This service was assigned to, and performed by William Cone and Wil son Conner, Esquires, who will, as di rected* by the resolution, report to the Legislature. The fire hundred copies ofihe "Geor gia Justice,” contracted for by a joint committee of the last General Assembly, having been found insufficient to furnish I he officers contemplated, nn additional number of two hundred and thirty-two lias been procured and paid for o'ut of the Contingent Fund, to supply this'defi ciency. The libel in tlie name of Miguel De Castro, against ninety-five African slaves illegally introduced into this state, nnd the claim set up to the same by William Bowen, have been dismissed in the Dis trict Court wherein they were depend ing. The Attorney for tlie State in this case being ofthe opinion, when called on by the Executive, that it was necessary that those on hand should bo condemned subject to tiic law ot the state, by an ad judication in the District Court, be was therefore requested to institute such pro ceedings n° ’x'rc necessary, which are now pending in that Court. In compliance w ith a rcsolulion of the last Legislature, 1 addressed a letter to tlie Governor of Sooth Carolina, for Ihe purpose of proentinw n co-nperntion at the two states in improving the navi gation of the Savannah river; and y| though 1 received no reply, 1 learn thro’ our commissioners for this river from Au gusta to I’etersburg, (bat the Board of internal Improvement in South Carolina will co-operate with them in cffectiug this important object. In March last the Surveyor General reported that so much of the line that had been run by Dr. William Grtene between tlie province of East Florida and this state, w as incorrect, nnd that it mugt be run anew from (be junction of the Chntuhoochoe nnd Flint Rivers, before the surveyors of districts bordering upon this line could complete.their works for drawing the Lottery. In consequence of this report, I addressed a letter to the honorable W ilyion Lumpkin, with the view of procuring his services as United States’ commissioner, to have it run : in reply, however, I was informed that lm was not at liberty to do so—-Upon which 1 appointed Col. Jns. C. Watson, in whose performance 1 had the utmost confidence. The line was commenced by him at (he junction of those rivers, and run the distance of one hundred and eighteen miles, to a point some distance beyond the line dividing the counties of Irwin and Appling. This enabled the survey ors to complete the surveying of the be fore mentioned districts. On the twenty-fourth day of June Inst, the Surveyor General having re ported to this Department, that the sur veying was in a state of readiness, to commence preparations for drawing the Lottery, the Commissioners were cifn- vened on the sixth day of July for the purpose of making the necessary prepar ation* for the drawing, which cdfrimenc- ed on the first day of September, i* now in progress, nnd w ill no doubt he com pleted with all possible dispatch. It will be necessary that prov ision he made Ic defray the expenses of drawing the Lot tery. The fund provided to defray the ex penses of surveying the late acquired Territory, having fallen short, 1 have drawn on the fund for the improvement ofthe Internal Navigation of this State, for the sum of nine thousand nine hun dred and thirty dollai- and twenty-seven cents to discharge these expenses ; and as I am informed bv the Surveyor Gene ral, there will he due the Surveyor ofthe tenth district of Irwin county the sum of three thousand nine hundred thirteen dollars ; it will rest with the Legisla ture to reimburse this fund, and to pro vide for (he payment of the last mention ed sum. By an act passsed at the last session of the Legislature, it was made the duly of the Executive to apoint a lit and pro per person as Topographical and Civil Engineer for the State. But after much time taken up in enquiring for a suitable person, the season of the year bud »o far advanced, as to render it doubtful whe ther any essential service could be per formed by him, before the meeting ofthe Legislature, nnd the law creating this of fice not having fixed on a salary, and hav ing provided for the election ofthe offi cer on t'.e tenth day of the present month, by the General Assembly, I deemed it inexpedient to make the appointment. Such information as has been procured on this subject, will be seen by copies of letters herewith transmitted. The Commissioners ofthe Oconee Ri ver (com the mouth of Fishing creek in Baldwin county, to Baritr.tt’s shoals in Clark county, having reported to me, that 1 liomns S. Reid and Thos. Terrell Es quires, had completed the second, third, 4th, 6th, Gth A 7t!i sections, of said river agreeably to the provisions ofthe Acts of 1810 and 1819,1 have drawn warrants on the Treasurer in thsiv fivor for the sum of twenty-nine thousand dollars— that being the sum lo which they were entitled under the before recited acts for the completion of those sections of the river. A statement of warrants drawn on the l'rensurer during the political year eigh teen hundred and twenty, and a list of Executive appointments made during the recess of the Legislature, are herewith submitted. It tnay not be amiss to remind you, that in the discharge of other important duties, it is with you to designate eight Electors to vote at the approaching (•lec tion for President and'Vice-President of the United States. I submit to your consideration whether it would not be proper to revise the law regulating our general elections, so far as to increase the pay allowed expresses, bearing the returns, and to exlvnd the time for making them, except w here va cancies are to be filled ; which being ca ses of emergency, the time now allowed might answer. Permit me also to suggest the propriety of imposing adequate pen alties on presiding magistrates neglect ing their duty. From n report made hy jivo Magis trates, it appears that no election was held on the day ofthe last general ejection in the couutv of Bryan. Entertaining doubts as to the authority of the Execu tive to order an election in this case—1 submit it to the Legislature. From the report which will be made to the Legislature by the Inspectors of' the Penitentiary, you will learn the sit uation of that Institution. That harmony tnay prevail in your deliberations, and that oqr labors may lie found to promote the public go^d, is the ardent wish of your fellow-citizen, JOHN CLARK. SENATE. Tuesday, .Vovernier 7.—Mr. llardin laid or. ilie table tlir follow ing resolutions : Whereas the questions agitated at the last session of the Congress of the U. States re lativii to the Missouri and Tariff bills, arc the consequu ul determination had thereon